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BOWIE, LAFITTE & CO.,
SUCCESSORS TO
BOWIE, BRO. & CO.,
Factors and Commission
MERCHANTS,
Central Wharf,)
JOHN A. nowiE. \
JOHN I?. T.AFITTK, ^CHARLESTON, S. C.
EDWARD LAFITTE. J
Sent. 14. 18(10. 20. 3m
GL M. CALHOUN,
WAREHOUSE
AND
(SEVERAL COJIJIISSIOX MERCHANT,
Reynold's St., between Jackson nnd Mcintosh
A.\igrustn, G-a.;
will attend strictly to the sale of
COTTON, BACON, GRAIN,
And nil oMicr produce consigned to him. Per
flHAni;nn t,* ?1.a fill;,.,, ?11
D..MUI ....
ders for Bagging, Rope and Family Supplies.
Liberal Cash advances ma Jo on produce in
Store.
June 24. 1800, 8 tf
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Celebrated Female Jl'Jlls.
PROTECTED LETTERS
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cure of all those, pain fill and dangerous diseases
incident to the female constitution.
It moderates all excesses and removes nil oh tructions.
from whatever cause, and arpecdv
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it is peculiarly suited, it. will, in a short time
bring <>n the monthly period with regularity
CAUTION?These I'ills should :iol he tiiken
by females that are pregimnt, during the firet
three month:", a# they ure sure to hriugon Miscarriage
; hut at every other time, and in every
other case thev are perfectly safe.
In all eaiss of Nervous and Spinal Affections
P?iu iu the Bock and Limbs, Heaviness, Fatigue
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a e<. ~:n.. .1 : i .1
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with the Government Stamp of Great. Britain,
can he bent post free for J1 and 6 postngestninps
General ageut for U. J*., Job Moses,Rochester
Sold in Abbeville by Donald Mcl.a'ichlin,
Dr. I. Branch, andC. II. Allen, and all Dtuggists
everywhere. Vau Sehaek <b Grierson,
Charleston, Wholesale Agents. 7, 13t
HOWARD ASSOCIATION.
pnii>Ani:LPriiA.
JL Benevolent inslitutinti cxfu/ilif/i'J by special
tndoirvieut. for the relief of the sick and Distressed.
ajjlicted toil/i Virulent and Jipideinlt
Bi teases.
MEDICAL Advice given gratis by the Acting
Surgeon t>. all who apply by letter
with u description of iheir condition, (age, occupation,
habits of life, ?ic.,) and in cases of extreme
p'jverty.Medii'iiitf furnished free of charge
vnmaoie itcporiH on Mix r>ew i(eme<iiei< viuiployed
in the Dispensary, ?ent, to the afllicted iti
seen led Intel* envelopes, free of ch.njre. Two
or three Siatup* for pnptujre will be ttcceptilde.
Atldrt-ps. DR. J. Sffl'LLIN HOUGHTON.
Acting Surgeon, Howard Association, >o. ii
South Nmtli Street, t'liiludcipeiu, l'a.
By order of the Directors.
EZRA D. HEARTWELL, President
Gko. Faibchild, Secretary. [Jan. '20.12ni
CHARLlflOX7
Abbovillo, S. O., .
W0U1.D respectfully inform the public thu
he has
OPENED A KIT C) P
FOR THE
Making and Repairing of
CARRIAGES & BUGGIES
It in opposite (but not appoxed) to Mr.Taylor'
Establishment. He tlint hy doing gnoi
work, and making reason able e<iarge?, to recei v
share of public jmtronngc.
He has on hann at this time, several
SEVERAL NEW AND NEAT BUGGIES
AIjBO,
Second-Hand Buggies,
which he will sell very low and on the rnoa
reasonable terms.
Nov. 4. 185'.*. 27 tf.
JAMES D. CHALMERS.
tSmTj in muni
MARBLE,
TTA3 <?Qst received three hundred new piece
XI tl/jjether wttli tlid Aid. making fl'nfc of Ch<
ldWacrt?t^?:kj?. io th* State which wjll b*?o|<
rfi'IW aaeatt be bought in ahv othfl4fn>k
MARBLE SLABS,
; - , (6 feet by . from |?fl to $40 .
jftlit S^fSES
4 6. -!' ? / #Oor|8Hto #25/^ ^ J
MONUMENTS
And Fancy Head Stones always on band Ut
gather With* large quantity of degrgM, wlfict
can be made to order, at short notice. *
Ail Marble Cutting and Carvinsr peatly don<
J. n nHAT UpOti
? -mtrntmiBBit
Yr'Ue infor? l?f%t*,,lk he bu n
' safe
gpftft&i' autets profewiti&itij
|Uftfh!, I860 44 ?< * ? * ?>? t.*" ;? ? -** <W>
tyif.
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THE lADEPEMlEXT PRESS,
BY LEE & WILSON.
ABBEVIIJLE S. C.
Two Dollars In Advance, or Two
Dollars and Fifty Cents at the
Expiration of the Year.
All subscriptions not limited et tlie
firiie of subscribing, will be considered a
indefinite, nnd will be continued until nrrcar
ages are pam, or at me option 01 me rroprie?
tor?). Onion* from otliorStut?-s innst invariably
be accompanied with the Cnsh._^g3
"candidates.
For Ordinary.
JOHN A. 11UNTKR,
Col. .J. 0. D ASK IN,
JOIIN W. LESLEY,
NATHAN'EL McCANTS, E*q.
For Sheriff.
ROBERT JONES.
WILLIAM G. NEAL,
T A XT TV
ju jcx x\ aj
AND
M 21 C$? 3H@> 31 SI
FOR SALE.
rF^riE Subscriber offers fur sale his LAND,
1_ consist im? of
740 OR 50 ACRES,
Situated on Greenville ami Bellwether road*,
five miles North-West of Calhoun's Mills. and
hounded I>3' J. A. Norwood, W. MeCelvey, ami
J. A. Calhoun. in trood order and repair, well
ditched and drniued.
For further information address
DU. EDWIN PARKER,
Abbeville C. 11., S. C.
June 2fi, 18C.0, 9. 12m
~ vv7 nTmeri w et h er7~
Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
NINETY-SIX, S. C.
HAVING enlarged his Stock of Drugs
and Medicines would reepect fully cull
the nttrillion cif his friends and the public generally
to his fine stock of the same, and solicit
a continuance of their kind patronage and libera
lily.
~ He proposes selling Drugs as low as any first
class Drug Store in the up-country. His stock
is complete, and everything gold b;y him is
warranted to bo fresh and genuine. At liitt
store may be found
DYE STUFFS, PAINTS, OILS
V>irnul.? V.imck lt.nol...
Spices, Mnce, Cloves, Pepper, Te48
of all kind", 15u<rgy and Cur-rriiifje
(Jrense,
Also, a fine lot of CIIKWIXO TOBACCO,
und SEGARS of the hrst brands.
A large and varied stock of excellent
PERFUMERY.
lie also oflVr* C?-nfeetionarieB,
S?tjft-JSTX3IES,
. I'ure Old Port. Madeira and Maliaga
'vwiv m+.z9m
At exceedingly low figures. AUo, n pood article
of Apple Vinegar, Kerosene, Oils and
Fluids. Lumps of nil kinds. Wicks for any
kind of Lninp?, and everything usually kept
' in a first clans l)rug Store. ,
Prompt attention will be given to all.
1 May iifi, 1860-1-tf
?k m * M m. m m. u ?mm. m
UK. WM. A. ALLEN,
SURGEON DENTIST.
RAVING graduated in the
Dental College of Philadelphia,
offers Ins Hervicrs lo 1 lie public,
tieiug thoroughly posted in nil the departments
f Ls$ profession, he flatters himself that he
fill be enabled to give entire'satisfaction to
' *ho*e who may favor him with their patronnge.
C-jy Room?Over the new Book and Drug
Store of Mr. C. il. Allen, in White's Building.
April 4. 1R(J<> 50 ly
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ABBEVILLE DISTRICT.
Luther Kowton and wife, Catherine, app't,
va. Ehjah N. TuIIir, el. al, Di-fondanta.
' In the Court of Ordinary3
-w*T APPEARING to my srtiafaction thut
i, i d?i a n?..n:. -l .
W a vnuico A.UIIIIS VCMJUUllll A. 1UIIIB, IIJC
children of Elizabeth Dorter, (nmiiee notioowD
reside beyond th? limila of this Stute, it >?
therefore?
? Ordered that they do appear and object to
the sale of the Beal Eatate of Sabi*ry K. Tullia
deceased, on or before ihe twentieth day of
t October next, or their cooaeot to the same will
be entered of record.
WILLIAM HILL, o. a. i>.
July 20. 18*0 13 8m
FRESH DRUGS.
C. TI "iLLEN
J rr\AKRS.'thl? method of tnfrnning bin friend
| I and the public that hia Stock of DRUGS
AND MEDICINES ia now quito complete,
.every article having been aelected wfth great
care a# to purity. Pbjraiotftne' preacrtptfoea
carefully, pot up at any hour of' the day at
sight. > y
1. C. IL ALLEN. ;
1 * I. 1860, 6 tt- . . -.
Itararo S#ed.
* - r t
J UST Jlecei??d, a ?up?ly of ihe foJIowib'tf
AborJech
: A?pia?, iwo. it tf ?*gr ***?* ?:
: , VEREUT^acksoC*
HOUBE PAIHTHW, 6JBAIRER*. KABMbb.
ABP PAPER HAHOSJJ; ^
>- ninety, .? *? ^S? <<x ,
m*nd lh
EELIG ION?WHAT 18 IT.
DY ltlKIIOr I1K1IKH.
Is it to go to Cliurt'li to-day
To look devout and seem to praj-f
An J ere tlio morrow's mn goes down
Bu dealing slander through the town ?
Does every Biwietimonions face
Denote the cert in reign of grace t
Does not. n phiz I hat ecolds ut sin
Oft veil hypocrisy within f
Is it to make our daily walk
And of our own good deeds talk,
Yet often practice secret crime,
And thus misspend our precious time?
r? :> r.._ 1 ?_
To call our z?nl the rule of right.
When what we wish is at the best
To sec our churuh excel iho rest.
Ia it to wear the Christian's dress,
And love to all mankind profess.
And treat with scorn the humble poor,
And bar against them every door f
Oh. no. reliifion mnnns nnttlii*?.
Its fruit inure ..went and fairer is;
Its prccepts this: to others do
As you would have them do to you.
It grieves to hoar all ill report,
And seorns with human woes to sport?
Of others' deeds it speaks no ill.
liut tells of good or keeps it still.
And does this religion this impart f
Then may its influence fill my heart;
Oh! haste that blissful, joyful day.
ii iicu uu me ? urui may u wu lid sway.
THE CHARLESTON COURIER AND MERCURY.
Among our numerous exchange*, none
are more welcome than those above men
tioned. We have frequently compared
these two papers with Northern dailies,
and we decided for ourself that, in point
of typographical execution, variety 01 interesting
matter, soundness of views, and
hi^h-toned principles, our Charleston exchanges
far surpass the Yankeeland issues.
In these we observe no vulgar sensation
placard- capping columns; no ex|
nggerated reports; 110 knuckl'ng to indiI
viduais. narties. or combination of nar
/ ' ---------- J.
ties; 110 inanirestu!ion of toadyism; no
departures (rom truth ; no disgusting details,
calculated to demoralize the young
and unsuspicious. On the contrary, we
find them cariping out the highest ptinci
pies of journalism?mora.ity, truth, jus
tice! And not only to the3e two much valued
public exponents of public feeling,
sentiment and action would wn pontine
our praises, but we would measureably
embrace the whole Press of South CarO'
lina, from the smallest country village
weekly to the larger daily issue of the
city.
The Courier ranks 'No. 1' as-a vehicle
of news, in endless variety, upon everj
QltKlMOt oflnof f/\PoInrn 'in/l ??-* no k i r? n/iltli
eal, commercial, agricultural, etc.
The Mercury, under tlie manngemenl
of its preseut able editor, is one of the beat
if not the best, political organ in the Uul
ted States?as true to the South as the
'needle to the pole;' firm, faithful, high'
toned, independent; its local articles cor
rect and well written, ita correspondence
unexceptionable, its foreign and domestic
'summary' judiciously compiled.
We point with pride to these journals
and hold them up as patterns wortr.y o
iinitatiou.? Walterboroi' Sun.
- -?.? *
A Mioiitv River.?The Amazon, tin
largest river in the world, has an area o
drainage nearly three times ns large ns tha
of all the rivers of Europe that empty them
selves into the Atlantic. This plain is en
?: 1 t?.?
uivij nun n uuiiou |?i luiufni iuicqi
through which the only paths are thow
made by the river and innumerable tribu
tnries. This forest is literal 'y impenetrable
Humbold remarks tbat'two mission station
might be only a few miles, aport, and ye
the residents would require . a day and t
half to visit each other, along the winding
df small stream*. Even the wild nnimul!
-yva-yrrvn TVffjngdatJ that they !?vi
Cpr<a long tirye in the treee, a terror to th<
monkeys, Vfhoee domains they have ?oVaded*
" \
Thejjreea treasure from eight to twelv<
feet ia diameter, and the intervals are oo
cupied Ly 9hrublike planU,\whiob here, it
these tropical region*, become arboreecent
If IS navigable for $000 miles from the
ocofto; it'i#ueirty 106 nrilee- wiJe : af Iti
mouth ; io some places 800 feet deep; end
iu tbrrent projects? were, into the ocean
^more than 800'rnHM, perceptibly altering
ite wntepi flttthis djsiaooe from, the Ameri
can shoroe.
\\ib? 1 t t -
life,
-ep.ya Sir Walter ScOtt,*' ri 1
l^m v&i * wmiiB P&l ?f; #*
ptraniteetlfcn.^ It^ffl^idlcg fe>*1hlcfc
'hgpqm ***** a??fcon?
ssfsanasnssis
bayy* *VP *~
*
Another of tho World's Horoea.
The Detroit Free Press of the lltli instant,
commenting on tho Lady Ehjin disaster,
says:
"Wo have glimpses of a terrible panic
among tho passengers, in the midst of which
everywhere appears tli?? sel f possessed e<J>nmander,
givirg orders and overseeing sut:U
mensuros as were most conducive to tbe
general safety. Tlie cuttle were driven
overboard, and llie freight and luggage itn
mediately followed. fassengtrs were awakeiiHcl
from th?ir clumbers by sturdy blowR
of tbe axe, which dashed in their stateroom
doors, aud called them to a sense of their
danger. All were finally collected on deck,
and when the steamer went down, the hurricane
deck, which constitutes the roof of
I he uj>p?r cabin, floated clear of the hull
and su<tlined the cpowd. Mr. Bellman
says that on this extempore raft not less
than three hundred persons were collected,
the majority of whom clung to their places
until near daylight. The raft was mostly j
under water from the weight of its living
burden, and very few who citing to it but
were above the waist in the turbulent sea.?
Tbe captain was constantly on his feet encouraging
tbe crowdj and seems to have |
been the only man who dated to slir from
tbe recumbent position which was necessary
to keep a secure hold on tbe precarious raft.
He carried a child, which he found in tbe
arms of an exhausted and submerged woman,
to an elevated portion of the rafts
and left it in charge of a womnn, tfhen i*
was soon lost.
lie constantly exhorted the ctown to
koep silent, and not only to make no noise
but to refrain from moving, in order that
llie frail frame work might last the longer.
Btdlman says that during tbo time which
elapsed, wliilc the raft kept together, there
was scarcely a sound from man, woman or
child. Tbcy clung to their places in silent
terror, ani neither groans nor prayers were
audible; no voictj, saVo that of the captain,
raised aloud in encouragement and good
obeer, being heard amid the roar of the
J i., i_.t_ _t .? 1
\viuii miu tuu iwuseiuati PJJIRSU CM IIIU COIIHJing
waves. finally, the constant action
. oft lie water-broke up the raft, and largo
, parlies floated olf on detached piece*, atjd
gradually the multitude molted away by
couples end solitary individuals, until but
a tithe of the whole number r?BL'?
The swell tumbled the light ^^^PKiut
( like feather weights, and a weary struggle
the helpless survivor* had during the
long drift of ten miles Intervening to the
, shore. Bellitian was ten hours on bis raft,
, and says that be was capsized and thrown
into the sea, with his two companions,
( every third minute. When they reached
, shore, they were dashed bopeies.-ly in the
surf, and more fortunate than their companions,
were lifted upon the Iwaoh by the
breakers, and dragged ashore by strong
bunds which awaited tbein. It was here
tlull having surmounted the perils of that
, terrible voyage, the commander succumbed
and gave way to the irresistible force which
. {.had worn out his strength anil vigor. Perj
haps he had rather died than to have lived
, in the exercise of more selfish motive than
those which marked his character through
the whole of this trying ordeal.
f ' The Fall of Franeia II.
The Loudou Times of September 8tb,
says:
'Snow melts off a ditch, and WAter runs
j oat of earthen vessel which is cracked.?
^ Fiancis IF., has dropped out of his kingdom
.?as apples f*ll to the ground?by the laws
4of gravitation. It has been indeed mi ignominious
flight.. There serins not to have
* been the nerfeto strike one downright blow
or incur the sligh&st personal hazard for the
crown which was falling from that unVwgly
bend. It would have been idle to prolong
the contcst. A struggle would but h*?"
led to an idle waste of human life. Why
should it Monarch endeavor by fofrce of nrnw
to securejtho loyally
tile bombardment of PulArmn >?. ?? _
y won UUV B
" convincing proof of hia re gun) for hi? jw>r(le
9 would it have Availed Lim to lay.Naplea irf
ashes aa further .evidence of bi?-jptdrnal.affection
t ' There is much in Ibis pfory of the
' Neapolitan Bourbons which remind one of
the end of'the Smart dynasty, in oor own
islands.
| It has proved with Franoia.II.(of the two
, Sicilies, evwn as it did two eonturiefc *&o
I with Jatnes II., q1 {-Greai'Brilain and Ire,
land, Kitt*, Defender of the Vaiili, <kc. To
(At Soverityv *a* ttrrfoottcUd
. by obsequibua courtiew, hy a Houses of
Parliament reasonably obedient. Hr ??.? !
whwb was appar^ftty loyal, and by no!
army wWc^aeapi^JtiUpoMd Iq die fa bisJ
defcrt** * ttMi^ifoam fended ahdio ?
; ftpv days Ihia pageantry of power and etata
malted into empty aiv The phantom* of
<V>?nU<eir* ie'lierlS^', Wdge* admirals weja
bdvrtojf'Cb tft? tm rodnd their Sovereign ;
bat when ha moat neaded their hfilp they
wdr^fftoe. T&e mw Iriatorio evWroelion
i lJSd? possible f* ff'lf from the royal lipe
~ x " - ,...
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OLD MEN.
Rev. Dr. Baird, referring in a recent letter
to the biographical sketch of the late r
Robert Walsh, prepared in Paris by M. i
Jonard, says:
I have said that M. Jonard must now be i
an old man, but perhaps I ought to take 1
that back?for men in Europe aro not gene- i
rally an old at eighty as we arc sixty, i
Ilumbolt at fourscore was not beyond bis t
prime, and Lord Paliueston at tbree-score i
and fifteen scarcely began to think of age. 1
We live too fast in this country. <
Wo do live rather fast in this country, *
but many of us live long, too. We believe
that our average of longevity is as high a? 1
that of any otlier country, while individual 1
instances can be found of extreme longevi- <
ty. '
We continually hear about Humbolt, '
Palmerston and Lord Lvn?Miiirsf- lint w? 1
are apt to forget that their parralluls can be 1
found among us. Boston sees the venern- 1
blc Quiney in the enjoyment of all his 1
faculties nt the age of 87, and Massachu- j
sotts is proud of the rulings and decisions I
of her Chief Justice, now high up in the
seventies. At the Yale Commencement
the other day, none failed to note the form
of Professor Silliman, nctivo and upright |
| under the burden of 80 years; and in out
report of ilia Port Point celebration in
.Maine, we gavean account of the meeting
i beiug presided over by a halo old man of
92'
Of our literary men, Trving lias just finished
the life of Washington, al the age
of ^0. Paulding was 80, and Richard II.
Dana is 82. The list in this department,
and in those of the professions, might be
greatly extended.
j Dut let us turn to public life, which perhaps
mu.kt's the greatest draft upon the
powers 6f the system. Ex President Van
Bureh; who has gone through the wbiSte
mill, Is hale and hearty nt the age of 77.
We hate now ih the Presidential chair a
man of 70$ who boast* that he is healthier
than his Cabinet, of ithleb btjtoever the
leadirg member in the department of State
is i i. 1:10 nciual comrnan'JtJr.in-eliit'f of
our armies is 73; and yet if Wt> were called
into battle, no tuan would be thought
worthy to take his place. Our present
chief justice is 82; but works like a clerk
nnd one of his late decisions, we fear, is to
be impressed upon the whole of our tlatiohal
history. But we need recite no further j
instances of need men actively wiinlmjKH I
w J X"~J
in tbis country. Wo have done enough to
show that Dr. Baird's remark does not admit
of too hasty acceptance. Li t us not
discredit ourselves loo readily. Perhaps
we live in general, quite as long as we
ought to, considering ouF multiplied violalinno
nf 1
yj "Ui?g lull Iartat UUt lUK Vllfll
fibre in this couutry is amazingly tough.?
fioston Jour
An OiVnee and Did Not Know It.?
A curious discovery has just been made
of valuable real estate belonging to the city
of Nevr York, of which the authorities
were totally ignorant. Some time last
yearn person appeared before Mr. Unwell
the Comptroller, and stated that he knew
of a large amount of property really belonging
to tie city, but which bad been in the
undisturbed occupancy of private parties
for years?and be proposed, for a certain
consideration, viz: a per ceutaige on .tbe
value of t<he oronertv recovered, to
the location of the property and the names
of the peendo owners. Mr. Hawes declined
to enter tbea into the Arrangement, but
opened negotiation* with the party giving
the bii.t, and meanwhile communicated the
matter to the Com mission era of the Sinking
Fund, who set the Comptroller to.preparing
maps and liMa of all property ownyd
by the city, and making. . **
4k* wnico il to drtcorered that
a rery largd number of lots, p9*?ea?ioQ pf
tfie city for mapy year?, hav*v never Ueu
. m mi; in* original tfeddft, howaVef
being in posiettfon of the Comptroller;
and in otli^r caaea,- property to the vtfHn-of
fiffy thousand dollnrs wa$ discovered, which
was in the possession -ofotber-'pnrlie#. Negotiation*
are still pending with the- party
giving the flr*t clue, and it?ie expected they
will lead to more*a^tobishfag 'disclosures.
Tobacco for Bova. ? A strong and ten*
sible writer administers n wholesome dose
for boys who^pe tobacco ip any town, ***~
stiring then# that tobaoctfBSs utterly s]?oBed 1
and utterly ruined 3u?
r . , " ???/?? H*r* |
being a daogsrou* picoooiiy^ <J?relojMfTg, .
*ofteifing fttul weakening of tbe b?Bd?, .end ,
greatly injuring (he dpf**! 'Mirrtt, the ,
brnips and tteabofo ne*r<*t?^uid... A bo? j
who aarly and fraqoenily emotas or in-fcwy (
itt.fcadt*n to s^^.ttftn^joncti energy (
of ptijticsl
and onuenla/, aa wall m meplaJ energy.,
W^.#o|?ld w*m J
to.be la? body k? fte- tfor^^ibcFHid%^? 1
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A ^pi?j3pd*i-0kod witho* saftce.' ^jg
BLONDIN AND FAB1NI AT NIAGARA*.
The Buffalo express of the 30ih ultimo
ecounls the feats of the rival rope walkers
>ver the Niagara river, ns follows:
The announcement tlint these notorious
ndividualn would each carry a man upon
heir respective backs over their respective
!al>les, drew a crowd to the Falls yesterday.
\t Jeast one thousand persons weut from ]
his city. Blondin's performance was witlessed
by, we should say, four thousand
people, stationed within his enclosures on
he American and Canadian Hides, and upon
he bridge.
Precisely at four o'clock the Frenchman
nade his appearance, anil ran out upon his
rope. Having proceeded perhaps two hunIred
feet, ho commenced a aeries of gym
instic exercises that we venture to sny no
ther man in the world would dare attempt.
First lie lay full length upon the rope; then
IIA t..r?tiri ?
w ?ui??vu < iiuihva;! vi i'livn oi'wu'oiumo
iheD be hung by bolh feet; then by one
foot; then by one leg crooked nt tbo kneejoint;
then lie 6tooti upon bis head. These
feats were performed with amazing rapidity
?a rapidity that was fearful to witness, or
would have been, but for the perfect selfpossesvion
tbHt was npparent in every motion.
fb
Having readied tno centre or ins rope,
Blondin laid aside his balance-pol?, placed
his stomach upon the cable and went
through the motions of swimming, after
which he descended the swing, which
is a permment fixture at that point.
l lns swing hangs about thirty feet below
the cable. Here be set himself whirling,
ranking eighteen revolutions in about as
many seconds, and performing various other
sur prising feats, concluding and climaxing
the whole by banging to the swing with his
head downwards. lie then ascended to
the cable, picked up his pole, and trotted
to the Canada 6ide. The time occnpicd in
the whole journey was a little oyer fifteen
minutes.
After a delay t>f about half an hour,
which was ruaiuly occupied in adjusting
the cruvs. Monpieur BlonHin marift liis ?n.
pearaneo on the Canada end of tbo cable,
bearing his agent, Mr. Ilarry Colcord, upon
bis back. Cansidering (be fact that Mr.
Colcord weighs oue hundred nnd forty-five
poiindSj And that Blondio himself weighs
but One hundred and twenty-five, it may
be imxgiilfed that he had a pretty good
load to curry. It was perfectly wondeiful to
witness the case with which Blondiu achieved
this most difficult ririd dangerous
undertaking. Colcord left his perch?we
cartnot think of a better Word?but twiite
during the entire walk) and then merely
stood Upon the rope for half a ttiintlte or so
for the purpose of 'Ftraightening out.' In
exactly fourteen minuses front the time tliejr
left the Canada shore they vfrere received
upon the American side with the hearty
plaudits of the assembled thousands.
Farioi Atartud witli bis roan?n Canadian
by the name of McMullen?at five okilock.
lie entered upon bis task witli evident feat
and trembling, and pioceeded with it ih a
bungling jthd awkward rtianner. Having
gone about fifty feet, be compelled bis nnr
mate load to descend from bis pdsition
tretcb olit iu respective legs, plaee^ftf
The 1*uompt Clehk.?I once knew r,
vouug man ^ain nq eminent preacher.} wbc
Wm commencing lift) as a clerk. One d?5
Lis employer said to him, 'Now, to-morrow
that cargo of cotton must be got oat one
weighed, and we must have a regular ac
count of it.'
Ho wan a youn$ man of eoeigy. Tins
was the first time be had been intrusted to
superintend the execution of this wnrti iw
made hi* arangeroenla over-night, spok?t<
the men about thou*5-*4- *tid horses, untf
resolving to bep.in very early in the mor
ntog Instructed u?t tl)tt lafioreri tt> tie flier*
at h<tf-p*st four o'otock,- So tbey set to
work, and the thing. ?aa done; and abodt
ten.or ?lev<m in !>? a~? i.:_ ?
_ T ?uvf uaji UIQ. OIO?
ployer came in, and, seeing him seated in
tlic counting-hoose, looked very Mack, supposing
that bit command* ltacfiiot been us*
ecuted. *
'I thought,* mid he, 'you were requested
to get out that cargo of cotton thia morning.V...
done/ replied the young clerk
and bewiathaaeeoont of-it.'
Ua never looked behind from tbat mom$rit^tiew1
U5? pbara<!(6f rttifixed, cbhBdence
waa establisbftd." He was found to
man ;to do the tljing,. with, prQfnpu
ne?s. He very soon came to be tbe ooer
tbat oould not be ?paT?d-?4rtWatf M nana*
wry to She flfftvHs tt'Uf offb ?fthiFpartfteHf.
9e ?<s a, rcltgioB. m?k*$
i life of great betfavtriirnee, and at Kn <!e*tb
w *t>|* ?o leftvajtfa eUtf** #0 *Q>pl* feriuw^JKiWU^JCW*'?'
?-v i
i ?t^rn^*T^PrtOT? wf
pt<9( tbeaation.
?
VALUE OF WtT. ' <
A wit is a priceless man foh a'?o~"
not a scandiil-ntongfcl', a heeibitU.
tractor", a'd^nte, vfrtosd-owir ftapfritt*.
lifo being spoilt is benf lijiflri rilaliirt?' ?.
orb miserable, but a genial $ejjfeVoledt:
former, a wbolesoma and winning, though'
caustic surveyor ofd^qrits. .People breath?
nioi'e freely when ihty ki?o\tf there is b\h^'
airtanyjnthe ascendant; for wicked mctf
will be afraill of him, weak men will atriVtf"'
t'o be stronger, and qUactfs will not hare It?
all their own way. Society is continually
in need of the e*| loit of that knight-errant,
fho wit. Evils creep in unawares; some
| good but Very foolish man, perpetrates A'
Igood deal of iiCnsCtusv, which is tolerated,
and even admired,' by Virlue of his good'
ness, and fixed as nn institution before it*
^ inconvenience is fully suspected. IlonesC
i sentiments, with errors sticking to Lliem,aro
; gradually heaped itp into a monstrous ag-'
j gregate of prejudice. Some bloated and
j over-fed truth weighs society down like a
J huge nightmare, till life tfit comes along
j to tickle the Fenf'trirtrrt artil w'ako ?"? rtp once
more into day-light with a sensation of free
honest livirtpf, or tin* old moralities of iho
world get dull and' commonplaci*, worn,
trite and tattered, the effigici nearly off
from them, ''''ic wit is a general refut1bisher,
ro casting the old coin, and prescn
in" it to us again entreat with (he image of
to ?j y.? Century.
Beautiful Expression.?Rev. IXiV 1'al
mer of tlii? eity, is acknowledged to bo
one of the most eloquent miimlers irt ther
United States. He uses no manuscript in
the pulpit, and consequently 1i?r tbftt freedom
which is liecesKary to truo oratory,
civinjr full scone to the inspiration of his
subject. One Suuday evenirtg, Inst feat,
we listened to a sermon in which he was
speaking of God as recognized in His works.
IIis whole discourse Was marked by ertf-1
nestncss and a perfect command of laft
gunge. Towards the close,-when the whofo
congregation had become warmed up by
the fervor of his cloqdeneo, he raised bis
voice and exclaimed in tones wbioh all who
heard him will remember: 'The galaxy
which arches the lieavens so gfandly to-1
night, is llie gloiioiis pxthwajr of the Creator
through the Uuiversc, and the myriad
stars which besprinkle it are the golden
iIuM. tliaL rise bp ih ihc wako of His chariot
wheels.?y. 0. Delia.
?
How \Vh Lite.?A Frenchman teitiar>
ked that.be cotild not lite in this country
i and eat the name tilings he did in Pars*
Why? because the Climate was different,
and Pafisifctt liabits of living and doiug
1 business freta far diverse from our?. Wo
ape Ffencli Oooter^ with our American
style of living and cU&torasj and consequently
get corpulated, and get apoplexy* and
gout, or get lean and get dyspepsia and
hypochondria. We eat fast, arid tliey eat
i slow we take twenty mjputes, they an
hour or two; we drink brandy and witoo
ihude of alcohol, Btrj'iihtaioej fltid fcligar-ofi
lead, they the juice of ibe grnpes. Wfc eat
; a heavy dinner and go to work, some tvilft
- out liJtods and others tVitb our head) before
i it has bad any tifiie to digest} they eat
> moderately and follow it by special intercourse
or recreation.
' Lord By ron o.'asl!?The late Lofd l3yt-ofl
boot-last, about nitio inches in Migtb, narj
row, high.at the iusl^p, and geuerally of
symmetrical shape, bas been predated to &
Noitihgliara (England) society. Ilis lordship's
shoemaker says tbe bard bad not a
1 club joof, as is gene-ally ?tated, i>ut that it
l#gft fnrmarl llin soma na a?1iaw
? IV, wv? r^V yt-MIM MP I.MW VHIUI ) OAVfCJJl*
being exactly an ineb .pn4a aborteiy,
! xwiiiattftfteilTStt wat'ftrtbe ankle,-, *bioh.
' wm very weak J con*equettfly, %bs ' foot
turned outward. To^remedy tbfB* bfe lord* '
ship *tpre a rerjc tbbi toot^irgbtljr" lac?<J,
u.iuer in? biocbidst. jn llis earl/life be
wore wh. Ji'oa, wii.b. tbf.^kle,,
wJ>iohj?*}<d down iba outpide rfata^kg, and
>?& fustesied .to it he eoU^o/ 4W*boe.i
Tbo caWof lfci?
wrts tb^fitrwfc.'; ;
(cobbler.); Z7?^#\aL+
touchio afrkil?'^olieemen|?pi*re^
Ibat dog, toucb loot a sfhfle hair; be wor-,
Kiss man} a bog, from otot bi? muddy lair.
Ob, wben be eras a f?iip, ao-fmky aud so
plump; b* 'lapped tiis milk from a-cup,
when hungry?*t a jump. And then W?u
furmy tflcji% *o ftlnny hi their place, so toll
of p'anitia ljok< yptlr hands add face. Yott;
w ill su raly Jet I him live ! Ob,' do not kill i
birtt?dwU ; .*!??? bi* Tii/rtrttye, and
pray a fot Hf??oat k?iid. Go, get the rauzri*
no?, afi<?|^ j^b Ws rooutb, and atop4
. bow 4 and ? tendency to
& Jonr children's pet, com.trillion.
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